Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace · May 18, 2026
The stakes for this week's Starship launch are high. The US commercial space industry is depending on lower launch costs and higher capacity. NASA’s lunar ambitions, to a great degree, hinge on its success. And the stakes are highest of all for SpaceX.
arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/…
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
The Starship production pipeline is full and will complete roughly 10 more ships and about half that number of boosters this year, so, if something goes wrong, it will not be a major setback, unless the launch stand is destroyed
03:42 PM · May 18, 2026 · 844.1K views
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